SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION
VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
3 p.m.
Remote meeting via video and teleconferencing
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Agenda

As authorized by California Government Code Section 54953(e) and the Mayor’s 45th Supplement to her February 25, 2020 emergency proclamation, this meeting will be held remotely without providing a physical location.  Members of the Visual Arts Committee will participate and vote by video.  Members of the public may observe the meeting and provide public comment online at https://bit.ly/3v5GBCc. Instructions for providing public comment are below.

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Audio Conferencing:
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Public Comment:
Public Comment instructions using the WebEx platform can be found at this link. 

Written Comment:
The public is encouraged to submit comments by emailing to tara.peterson@sfgov.org. This email address will be monitored until Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at 12 p.m. All comments received by the deadline will be read aloud by Arts Commission staff up to the three minutes maximum allotted to each commenter. In the subject line of your email, indicate the meeting date and item number. If you do not specify an agenda item number, your emailed public comment will be read under general public comment. Note: if your public comment statement is read aloud by Arts Commission staff during an agenda item, this will count as your one opportunity for public comment on that specific item. You will not be able to raise your hand to make additional public comment on the same item if your statement has already been read aloud.

Oral Comment:
Public comment in regard to specific agenda items will be taken before or during consideration of the item. Each speaker may speak for up to three minutes per agenda item, unless the Chair has announced a different length of time at the beginning of the meeting. Speakers may not transfer their time to another person. Any person speaking during a public comment period may supply a written summary of their comments to be included in the minutes if it is 150 words or less. Staff will ask for real-time public comment before reading emailed comments to ensure all members of the public have an opportunity to comment in real time.

The San Francisco Arts Commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the Ramaytush Community and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples. As a department dedicated to promoting a diverse and equitable Arts and Culture environment in San Francisco, we are committed to supporting the traditional and contemporary evolution of the American Indian community. 

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Agenda

Visual Arts Committee Members:
Suzie Ferras, Chair
JD Beltran
Mahsa Hakimi
Yiying Lu       
Nabiel Musleh
Abby Sadin Schnair
Debra Walker

 

1. Call to Order, Roll Call, and Agenda Changes

 

2. General Public Comment
(This item is to allow members of the public to comment generally on matters within the Committee’s purview as well as to suggest new agenda items for the Committee’s consideration.)
 

3. Consent Calendar
Action

Explanatory Documents: Item 1
Presentation Time: Approximately 3 minutes

 

1. Motion to approve Construction Document Phase deliverables (Structural Engineering Drawings) for Lava Thomas’ artwork for the Dr. Maya Angelou Sculpture Project.
    

4. Van Ness BRT
Action

Staff Presenter: Jackie von Treskow
Explanatory Documents: Images of completed artwork
Presentation Time: Approximately 4 minutes

Presentation of the completed artwork by Jorge Pardo for the Van Ness BRT Geary Street station boarding platforms.

Discussion and Possible action: to approve as installed the completed artwork Untitled, 2022, by Jorge Pardo, painted steel, fiberglass, acrylic and LED light fixtures, located on the Geary Street station boarding platforms for the Van Ness BRT project.

5. Transbay Block 3 Park & Alley
Action

Staff Presenter: Aleta Lee
Explanatory Documents: Panel Summary, selected finalist images
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the selected finalists for the Transbay Block 3 Park & Alley Public Art Project.  

Discussion and Possible Action: to approve the selected finalists, Kota Ezawa, Terry Berlier, Mark Baugh-Sasaki, and Cheryl Derricotte for the Transbay Block 3 Park & Alley Project, as recommended by the artist review panel. 

6. 49 South Van Ness 2D program
Action

Staff Presenter: Aleta Lee
Explanatory Document: 49 South Van Ness Panel Summary; images of work by selected artists
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of the artists selected for the potential purchase of artwork for 49 South Van Ness 2D Program. 

Discussion and Possible action: to approve the following artists for the potential purchase of artwork for 49 South Van Ness, as recommended by the 49 South Van Ness artist review panel: 
  Kim Anno
  Deborah Aschheim
  Tara Daly
  Binh Danh
  Mel Davis
  Janet Delaney
  Cheryl Derricotte
  Vincent Escareno
  Nina Fabunmi
  Sheila Ghidini
  Victoria Heilweil
  Kenyatta Hinkle
  Sahar Khoury
  Ray Koh
  Carrie Lederer
  Derek Lynch
  Paul Madonna
  David Maisel
  Christopher Martin
  Sean McFarland
  Carmen McNall
  Elizabeth Jimenez Montelongo
  Sarah Newton
  William Rhodes
  Chloe Roth
  Claudio Talavera-Ballon
  David Wilson
  Tanya Wischerath

7. San Francisco International Airport Harvey Milk Terminal 1 Underpass Lighting Project
Action

Staff Presenter: Marcus Davies
Explanatory Documents: Artwork Renderings
Presentation Time: Approximately 3 minutes

Presentation of the Revised Design Phase deliverables (updated design) by Andrea Bowers (DBA Radical Patience Inc.) for the San Francisco International Airport: Harvey Milk Terminal 1 Underpass Lighting Project.

Discussion and Possible Action: to approve the Revised Design Phase deliverables (updated design) by Andrea Bowers (DBA Radical Patience Inc.) for the San Francisco International Airport: Harvey Milk Terminal 1 Underpass Lighting Project.

8. SFPD Traffic Company and Forensic Services Division
Action

Staff Presenter: Marcus Davies
Explanatory Documents: Artwork Renderings
Presentation Time: Approximately 3 minutes

Presentation of the Revised Design Phase deliverables (updated design) by Susan Narduli for the San Francisco Police Department Traffic Company and Forensic Services facility.

Discussion and Possible Action: to approve the Revised Design Phase deliverables (updated design) by Susan Narduli for the San Francisco Police Department Traffic Company and Forensic Services facility.

9. Staff Report
Discussion

Staff Presenter: Mary Chou
Presentation Time: Approximately 5 minutes

Presentation of program updates.

10. New Business and Announcements
(This item is to allow the Commissioners to introduce new agenda items for consideration, to report on recent arts activities and to make announcements.)

11. Adjournment
Action

TP 4/14/2022 10:30AM

Notices

The San Francisco Arts Commission Visual Arts Committee Meeting will be held virtually due to public health emergency.

Agenda Item Information / Materials Available
Each item on the agenda may include the following documents:

1) Department or Agency or report;

2) Public correspondence;

3) Other explanatory documents.

During the pendency of the closure of the Commission’s offices during the COVID-19 Shelter-in-Place Order and related disruptions to on-site business processes, explanatory documents listed above, as well as documents created or distributed after the posting of this agenda to the Arts Commission will be available only electronically, please contact: Program Associate Tara Peterson on at tara.peterson@sfgov.org or 415-252-2219. PLEASE NOTE: The Arts Commission often receives documents created or submitted by other City officials, agencies or departments after the posting of the Arts Commission agenda. For such documents or presentations, members of the public may wish to contact the originating agency if they seek documents not yet provided to the Arts Commission.

Meeting Procedures

1. Agenda items will normally be heard in order. Please note, that on occasion a special circumstance may necessitate that an agenda item be taken out of order. To ensure that an agenda item is not missed, it is advised to arrive at the beginning of the meeting. All agenda changes will be announced by the Chair at the top of the meeting.

2. Public comment will be taken before or during the Committee’s consideration of each agenda item. Each speaker will be allowed to speak for the time allotted by the Chair at the top of the meeting or up to 3 minutes.

3. During General Public Comment, members of the public may address the Commissioners on matters that are within the Arts Commission’s jurisdiction and are not on the agenda.

4. Any person speaking during a public comment period may supply a brief written summary of their comments, which shall, if no more than 150 words, be included in the official file. Written comments pertaining to this meeting should be submitted to Tara Peterson on at tara.peterson@sfgov.org.

Electronic Devices Prohibited
The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting, except as necessary to participate remotely. The Chair may order the exclusion from participation of any person responsible for improper disruptions to this remote meeting.

Disability Access
To obtain a disability‐related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in the meeting, please contact Tara Peterson at tara.peterson@sfgov.org or 415-252-2219, at least 48 hours before the meeting, except for Monday meetings, for which the deadline is 4:00 p.m. the previous Friday.

Archives Available
A recording of this meeting will be available online after the meeting at the following address: https://sfgov.org/arts/node/708.

Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Requirements
Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance (San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code sections 2.100-2.160) to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone 415/252-3100, fax 415/252-3112 and https://sfethics.org/.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE
Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review. For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact by mail to Administrator, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102-4689; by phone at 415-554 7724; by fax at 415-554 7854; or by email at sotf@sfgov.org.

Citizens interested in obtaining a free copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, https://sfgov.org/sunshine/.

Accessibility Meeting Policy
Per the American Disabilities Act and the Language Access Ordinance, Chinese, Spanish, and/or American Sign Language interpreters will be available upon request. Additionally, every effort will be made to provide a sound enhancement system, meeting materials in alternative formats, and/or a reader. Minutes may be translated after they have been adopted by the Commission. For all these requests, please contact Program Associate, Tara Peterson on at least 48 hours before the meeting at 415-252-2219. Late requests will be honored if possible. The hearing room is wheelchair accessible.

利便参與會議的相關規定
根據美國殘疾人士法案和語言服務條例，中文、西班牙語、和/或美國手語翻譯人員在收到要求後將會提供翻譯服務。另外，我們將盡力提供擴音設備。同時也將會提供不同格式的會議資料， 和/或者提供閱讀器。此外，翻譯版本的會議記錄可在委員會通過後提供。上述的要求，請於會議前最少48小時致電415-252-2219 向 Tara Peterson 提出。逾期提出的請求，若可能的話，亦會被考慮接納。聽證室設有輪椅通道。

POLITICA DE ACCESO A LA REUNIÓN
De acuerdo con la Ley sobre Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (American Disabilities Act) y la Ordenanza de Acceso a Idiomas (Language Access Ordinance) intérpretes de chino, español, y lenguaje de señas estarán disponibles de ser requeridos. En adición, se hará todo el esfuerzo posible para proveer un sistema mejoramiento de sonido, materiales de la reunión en formatos alternativos, y/o proveer un leedor. Las minutas podrán ser traducidas luego de ser aprobadas por la Comisión. Para solicitar estos servicios, favor contactar a Program Associate, Tara Peterson on, por lo menos 48 horas antes de la reunión al 415-252-2219. Las solicitudes tardías serán consideradas de ser posible. La sala de audiencia es accesible a silla de ruedas.

PATAKARAN PARA SA PAG-ACCESS NG MGA MITING
Ayon sa batas ng American Disabilities Act at ng Language Access Ordinance, maaring mag-request ng mga tagapagsalin wika sa salitang Tsino, Espanyol at/o sa may kapansanan pandinig sa American Sign Language. Bukod pa dito, sisikapin gawan ng paraan na makapaglaan ng gamit upang lalong pabutihin ang inyong pakikinig, maibahagi ang mga kaganapan ng miting sa iba't ibang anyo, at/o isang tagapagbasa. Ang mga kaganapan ng miting ay maaring isalin sa ibang wika matapos ito ay aprobahan ng komisyon. Sa mga ganitong uri ng kahilingan, mangyari po lamang makipag ugnayan kay Program Associate, Tara Peterson on sa 415-252-2219. Magbigay po lamang ng hindi bababa sa 48 oras na abiso bago ng miting. Kung maari, ang mga late na hiling ay posibleng tanggapin. Ang silid ng pagpupulungan ay accessible sa mga naka wheelchair.